Attachment for ironing boards



April 23, 1953 F. J. JACQUES ET A1. i 2,636,294 v ATTACHMENT FOR IRONINGBOARDS Filed May 8. 1950 Ctttorneg Patented Apr. 28.v 1953 ATTACHMENTFOR IRONING BOARDS Francis J. Jacques and Anna T. Jacques, Milwaukee,Wis.

Application May 8, 1950, Serial No. 160,736

1 Claim. l

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for ironingboards, and more particularly to novel attachments for ironing boards ofa detachable type.

An object of the invention is to provide devices of the type which maybe attached to an ironing board for the purpose of receiving cumbersomefabrics in the process of ironing the same and obviating the necessityof spreading protective materials such as newspapers under the ironingboard during the ironing operation to prevent vsoiling of the goodsbeing ironed.

Another object of the invention is to provide devices of the type whichmay be utilized by an ironer and which are disposed in a position underthe ironing board which will not interfere with the use of the same bythe ironer.

Other and further obj ects of the invention will appear as thedescrip-tion proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,in which- Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of an ironing boardequipped with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view in elevation partially broken away of the same.

Fig. 3 is a. plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of one of the subjoined attachmentplates.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of one of the trays and its hangerattachments and a fragmentary portion of the ironing board all inperspective.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral I represents theironing board proper supported by the conventional pivoted legs II andI2, I3 and I4. The usual brace members I and I6 are provided. A pair oflevel, shallow trays I'I and I8 are provided to receive fabrics in theprocess of ironing. The tray II is relatively narrow and has side wallsI9 and 28 and the end walls 2l and 22. The tray I'I is intended for useon the ironers side of the ironing board l0 and is supported in arelatively high position so as to Ibe out of the way of the ironer, bymeans of the brackets 23 and 24. The bracket 23 has an upperv horizontalportion 25 integral with a twisted strap portion 28 depending therefromand terminating at its lower end in a second horizontal portion 21adapted as a rest for the tray II. The bracket 24 has an upperhorizontal strap portion 28 integral with a depending angula'rlydisposed arm 29 with an opposed angularly dis# posed strap member 3Ufixed thereto by means 3 I. The strap member l3l) and the angularlydisposed portion 2S both have vertically downwardly disposed integralportions 32 and 33' pivoted as at 34 to brackets 35 and 36 xed by means3l to the end Wall 22 of the tray I'I. The horizontal members 25 and 28are adapted for insertion into and suspension from the cleats 38 affixedto the undersides of the plates 39 and 40 subjoined edgedly of theironing board I0. The relatively larger tray I8 has the shallow endwalls 4I and 42 and the similar side walls 43 and 44. A pair ofrelatively longer brackets 45 and 46 suspend the tray I8 from the cleats38 in the plates 47 and 48 edgedly subjoined to the board Ill. Thebracket 45 has an upper horizontal portion 49 adapted for engagement inthe cleats 38 and a Ilower horizontal portion 50 adapted as a rest forthe tray I8 connected by a twisted integral strap portion 5I, thetwisted construction adding rigidity to said brackets. The bracket 48has an upper horizontal portion 52 adapted for engagement in the cleats38, an integral angularly disposed portion 53 with an opposed strapportion 54 affixed at 55 thereabove. The members 53 and 54 havevertically downwardly disposed integral portions 56 and 5'I pivoted asat 58 to the brackets 59 and 60 secured by means 6I to the end wall 42of the tray I8.

In use, the end brackets 24 and 46 may be folded down at their pivotpoints into their respective trays for storage, and the remainingbrackets 23 and 45 may be merely deposited in their respective trays.During an ironing operation the trays may be suspended from the cleats38 and the items to be ironed may be temporarily deposited in therelatively narrow tray Il. As the ironing operation progresses, theitems in process of ironing will be moved across the board III into thelower and larger tray I8 where they will be secure against touching thefloor and consequent soiling thereof.

It Will be understood that the device is capable or many modications instructure and design, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In combination with an ironing board, a pair of shallow trays one forsuspension under each side of said board, a bracket for each trayincluding a horizontal strap rest for freely transversely supportingsaid tray adjacent one end thereof, and a second bracket for each trayincluding a depending bifurcated strap element, twisted vertical strapsxed to the other end of said tray and projecting upwardly therefrom,plvot means `connecting said bifurcated element and said vertical strapswhereby said bifurcated element will pivotabout a horizontal axistransversely above the end of said tray to fold said bracket downwardlythereagainst, a, horizontal strap member integral with the upper end ofea'ch bracket, and means fixed to the under side of said ironing boardhaving horizontally and transversely aligned apertures to receive andretain the upper horizontal strap members on said brackets.

FRANCIS J. JACQUES.

ANNA T. JACQUES.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date Lewis Dec. 19, 1893 .Ra-nd July 25, 1916 Trpshauser Apr. 3,1917 Faris Apr. 22, 1924 Beach et a1 June 15, 1937 Douskey Dec. 28, 1943ZelZer May 2, 1950

